A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCTION AND LAYDOWN OF HOT-MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO THE 50 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS, 532 REGULAR MEMBERS OF N.A.P.A., 30 STATE ASPHALT ASSOCIATIONS, 350 POTENTIAL HOT-MIX PRODUCERS, AND A RANDOMLY SELECTED SAMPLE OF 100 HOT- MIX PRODUCERS WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH N.A.P.A. OR A STATE ASPHALT ASSOCIATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING TRENDS IN ASPHALT PAVING AND TO IDENTIFY FROM THOSE TRENDS AREAS OF EITHER MARKET OR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH NEED. TWO BASIC SYSTEMS---THE MICROSYSTEM OF PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND LAYDOWN; AND THE MACROSYSTEM OF PAVING-MATERIAL COMPETITION, ASPHALT-MIX PRODUCERS AS A WHOLE, THE MARKET, THE LABOR FORCE, AND REGULATORY AGENCIES---ARE DEFINED AND DISCUSSED. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO RATIONALIZE FLOWS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MICROSYSTEM AND TO IDENTIFY CONFLICT AND UNSYSTEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MACROSYSTEM.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 9 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

  5100 Forbes Boulevard
  Lanham, Maryland  United States  20706
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Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 149 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Asphalt plants; Competition; Forecasting; Market research; Mixing plants; Production methods; Questionnaires; Statistical analysis; Systems analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous mixing plants; Paving plant /travel type/
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215627
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM